I didn't find the update on the movie production as interesting as this:
Speaking of Trek on the tube, there might just be a new series on the way. It's not what our readers might expect, however; apparently, CBS is mulling an animated Star Trek series. According to Trekmovie.com, it's something CBS and Paramount have been mulling ever since Enterprise went off the air. Live-action science fiction is prohibitively expensive to produce to modern standards; an animated series could keep costs — and the threat of cancellation — down.
Would audiences be interested in watching animated Star Trek? Despite gains made by shows such as The Simpsons and Family Guy, animation is still widely seen as children's fare in North America. While quality stories would certainly attract the established fan base, there's a chance casual viewers would pass on a "cartoon" Star Trek.
If this report is correct, the new series, in addition to being cel-animated, would take the franchise in the opposite direction the next movie is taking it: into the future instead of the past. The year is 2528, and the Federation is devastated by a war with the Romulans; Vulcan has split from the Federation, and vast tracts of space are rendered impassable by use of the Omega particle (remember that episode of Voyager?). It's a darker, bleaker future, bold and well-suited for the animated medium.
Any chance of having Japanese or Koreans doing the animation? Imagine that! It would be one way to bring in the young adults who watch BSG (plus good story-writing, of course; no more Braga-Berman misdirection).
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I remember the original TOS animated series fondly, as a sort of 1/2 scale continuation of the TV series proper through a little more of the "five year mission".
It had some top shelf science fiction authors writing episodes, notably Larry Niven.
Of course, he had to tie it in with Known Space with Kzin and Slaver artifacts and everything.
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